Restaurants


Canberra barista creates swans, dragons, angels and pigs from frothed milk

Sam serves up to 1,500 cups of coffee every day at Cafe Yala in the Canberra Institute of Technology. In the downtime, he practices his latte art…

Fine dining off the menu in New York

In New York, a certain elevated culinary ecosystem that has long characterised metropolitan life has begun to feel threatened. The chic Madison Avenue café scene has enjoyed better days.

April in Paris *sigh*

Oh Paris, with your darling streets named after grammarians and revolutionaries and mathematicians. A writer muses on lilacs and cheese and radishes.

NYC fine dining goes cheap

Discounting is a strategy high-end restaurateurs usually avoid out of fear of eroding the cache of their brands. But times are tough.